NS Savannah
nuclear-powered ship · United States
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- NS Savannah
- IMO number
- 5314793
- MMSI
- —
- Call sign
- —
- Flag
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Vessel type
- nuclear-powered ship
- Gross tonnage
- 15,585
- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 181.7 m
- Beam
- 23.8 m
- Year built
- 1964
- Builder
- New York Shipbuilding Corporation
- Registered owner
- United States Maritime Administration
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About NS Savannah
NS Savannah was the first nuclear-powered merchant ship, launched on July 21, 1959, two years after the Soviet ice-breaker Lenin, the first nuclear-powered civilian vessel. A demonstration project for the potential peacetime uses of nuclear energy, she was built in the late 1950s at a cost of $46.9 million (including a $28.3 million nuclear reactor and fuel core). Savannah was given the new designation "NS" for "Nuclear Ship", replacing the traditional commercial vessel prefix "SS" for "Screw Steamer", and was named after SS Savannah, the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean. She was funded by United States government agencies as part of President Dwight D. Eisenhower's 1955 "Atoms for Peace" program, and was in service between 1962 and 1972 as one of only four nuclear-powered cargo ships ever built.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is NS Savannah now?
- NS Savannah has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is NS Savannah?
- NS Savannah is a nuclear-powered ship sailing under the flag of United States, built in 1964 by New York Shipbuilding Corporation. The vessel is 181.7 m long with a beam of 23.8 m and has a gross tonnage of 15,585.
- Who owns NS Savannah?
- NS Savannah is registered to United States Maritime Administration and operated by American Export-Isbrandtsen Lines. Ownership data is compiled from public registries and shown free on Seadar.
- Has NS Savannah been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for NS Savannah appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).